Hi
my boss recently approached me and asked if I have experience with Siemens Sinumerik- he said a machine was ‘given’ to him that has a Sinumerik 840C controller.
I have experiences with HH TNC 145-iTNC530, Mazak M640 Fusion (or so) ,Matrix as well as HH Millplus (5axes).
I have also worked on an EMCO turning machine with Siemens Shopturn during my apprenticeship. That was quite easy but the parts were only ‘trainee parts’.
I told my boss that I believe that it’s possible to learn pretty much everything and that I was confidence to be able to do it. However during my previous research, I could not find much information about it. The 840 C isn’t often used anymore, isn’t it?
I would mainly have to program drilling processing, so the whole spectrum from normal HSS drills until 35xD VHM drills, high speed rasp , thread milling, mill fits … and so on.
Does anybody know if the controller is suitable for this kind of processing? It’s possible to process almost everything but I have to say that the Mazak controller is very nice and easy to use.
How can you process a part from 3 side with that controller? IS the NP dragged along (MillPlus) or do I create an UP for each side and then call it in the main program to process it (Mazak)
How can I program a inclined drilling?
Lots and lots of questions! =)
